Soccer Game Preview: Eastside vs. Gaffney

Eagles

Goals

03/31/25 vs Boiling Springs	9
03/24/25 @ James F. Byrnes	5
03/13/25 @ Riverside	3
03/10/25 vs Gaffney	8
+ 5 more games

The Eastside Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Gaffney Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Eastside is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.

Eastside took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They were the clear victors by a 9-1 margin over Boiling Springs. With Eastside ahead 5-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Their offense was hitting Boiling Springs from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Payton Nutzman led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.

Meanwhile, Gaffney was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They lost 5-0 to Wade Hampton. While losing is never fun, Gaffney can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 130th, while Wade Hampton are ranked 26th).

Eastside is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 37 goals over those seven matches. Gaffney's loss dropped their record down to 3-9.

Everything went Eastside's way against Gaffney when the teams last played back in March, as Eastside made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastside since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.